Forests are essential for global environmental well-being because of their rich provision of
ecosystem services and regulating factors. Global forests are under increasing pressure …

Twenty years ago, the Spectral Variation Hypothesis (SVH) was formulated as a means to
link between different aspects of biodiversity and spatial patterns of spectral data (eg …

Abstract The “Height Variation Hypothesis” is an indirect approach used to estimate forest
biodiversity through remote sensing data, stating that greater tree height heterogeneity (HH) …

Europe's mountain forests, which are naturally valuable areas due to their high biodiversity
and well-preserved natural characteristics, are experiencing major alterations, so an …

Biodiversity monitoring is crucial for ecosystem conservation, but ground data collection is
limited by cost, time, and scale. Remote sensing is a convenient approach providing …

Abstract Covering 30%–40% of the terrestrial surface, grasslands are important hosts of
biodiversity, crucial for nutrient cycles and carbon sequestration. However, these …

Geodiversity has shaped and structured the Earth's surface at all spatio-temporal scales, not
only through long-term processes but also through medium-and short-term processes …

Remotely sensed spectral diversity has emerged as a promising proxy for plant diversity.
However, spectral diversity approaches relate image spectra to plant community diversity by …

One-third of Germany's land surface area is covered by forest (around 11.4 million hectares),
and thus, it characterizes the landscape. The forest is a habitat for a large number of animal …

Changes and disturbances to water diversity and quality are complex and multi-scale in
space and time. Although in situ methods provide detailed point information on the condition …